Recidiviz The Director of Development leads Recidiviz’s fundraising team to secure philanthropic capital for organizational growth. This role involves building relationships with high diligence funders and managing a strategic fundraising pipeline.
Responsibilities
The Director of Development will lead Recidiviz’s fundraising team and ensure that the organization has sufficient philanthropic capital to achieve our ambitious goals. They’ll raise largely unrestricted capital, often in rounds, which allows for strategic injections of capital for major impact opportunities.
In the year ahead, this leader will secure $20M+ in philanthropic capital dedicated to supporting Recidiviz’s expansion to new states and deeper impact. They’ll balance steady-state and big bet fundraising, securing transformational gifts alongside cultivating a broad base of funders. They’ll lead the fundraising team by setting strategy and vision for the team, pacesetting towards ambitious goals, and coaching and developing the team. And they will own Principal Gifts and relationships with our highest diligence funders, translating rigorous, data-driven impact into a compelling case for continued and expanded support.
What Success Looks Like
Raise $20M+ in new commitments in 2027 and is set up to raise $30M annually by 2030. Build a healthy philanthropic pipeline, steadily growing YoY revenue to match organizational growth. There’s a strategic balance of big bets and steady state fundraising. There’s a strategic mix of renewals and new funders. The Director of Development is building the pipeline for the future.
The funder base is engaged, with at least 4 stewardship points per year, and sees Recidiviz’s success and their success.
Funders feel deeply informed, engaged, and confident in the organization's trajectory and impact.
Materials and pitches are grounded in rigorous data and a clear impact narrative, tailored to sophisticated funder audiences. The Director of Development owns relationships with our highest diligence funders.
Meet the steady drumbeat of application and reporting deadlines, providing tailored, nuanced, high quality outputs without last minute scrambles.
Funder Relationships, Big Bets
Serve as the primary relationship-holder for Recidiviz's high diligence funders.
Build direct, trust-based relationships with Recidiviz's largest and most rigorous funders and supporters.
Translate Recidiviz's technical, data-driven impact into a compelling, rigorous case for support — tailored to funders who expect real evidence, not just narrative. Partner with Impact Analytics to ensure the organization's strongest results reach funders in a form they can scrutinize and trust.
Qualification
Strong people-management skillsExperience in governmentThis Role Might Not Be a Fit IfYou’ve mostly managed a mature
Required
Significant experience in nonprofit development / for-profit fundraising leadership role, with a track record of managing a team and meeting revenue goals.
Excellent relationship-building skills with senior, sophisticated stakeholders, such as major donors, principals, and foundation staff.
Comfort and credibility with high diligence, quantitative funders — able to translate complex, data-driven impact into a clear, rigorous case for support.
Strong people-management skills: able to coach, set goals for, and grow the capacity of a small team.
Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to represent Recidiviz's mission and impact persuasively.
Preferred
Experience in government, public-sector, or B2G contexts, or with mission-driven and nonprofit organizations.
Existing relationships within the tech for good, economic development, justice, and adjacent fundraising ecosystems
This Role Might Not Be a Fit If...
You’re strongest in grassroots or peer-to-peer fundraising — Recidiviz’s growth to $30M annually in philanthropy is dependent on large institutional, multilateral, and major-gift dollars, not high-volume small gifts.
You’ve mostly managed a mature, steady-state portfolio — This roles will require optimizing on an existing portfolio while bringing in additional supporters via major gifts.
You’d rather stay behind the scenes — Recidiviz needs a Director of Development genuinely energized by being a public face of the organization at global forums and in front of funders.
